ØFCAT is statutory body which comes under the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting.

EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.Who has resigned over controversial film ‘Messenger of God’

a.Leela Samson

b.LalitaKumarmanglam

c.Mamta Sharma

d.Sutirthabhatacharya

3)KIRAN BEDI
JOINS BJP

ØFormer IPS officer KiranBediJoined
the BJP in the presence of Party Chief Amit
Shah, union Minister ArunJaitley and Harsh Vardhan

ØShe will contest the Delhi Assembly Elections in February

ØShe is
the first women IPS officer

EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.Who was the first women IPS officer

a.BinnyMahajan

b.KiranBedi

c.Bachanderi Pal

d.ArunimaSinha

4)RBI CUTS
REPO RATE BY 25 BASIC POINTS

ØRBI has cut down repo rate by 25 basis point to 7.75
percent from 8 percent

ØIt was announced ahead of the scheduled date of monetary
policy announcement on 3rd Feb, 2015 as part of RBI’s 6th
bi-monthly Monetary Policy statement

ØRepo Rate – 7.75%

ØReverse Repo Rate – 6.75%

ØCash Reserve Ratio – 4%

ØMarginal Standing Facility – 8.75%

ØBanking Rate- 8.75%

EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.Match the following

1. Repo Rate a. 8.75%

2. Reverse Repo
Rate b. 7.75%

3. Cash Reserve
Ratio c. 4%

4. Banking Rate d. 6.75%

5)67th
ARMY DAY IS BEING OBSERVED ON 15TH JANUARY

ØIndia has observed 67th
Army Day on 15th January,
2015

ØThis day is observed annually to commemorate when Lt.
General K.M. Cariappa o 15th
January, 1949. Become the first Indian commander-in-chief of the Indian Army
post independence by succeeding British Army General Roy Butcher

EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.67th Army Day is observed on:

a.10th January

b.12th January

c.15th January

d.16th January

6)ANUPAM SHRIVASTVA
IS NEW CMD OF BSNL

ØAnupamShrivastva is appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of BSNL

ØCurrently, A.N.Rai
is heading additional charge of CMD.

EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.Who has been appointed as CMD of BSNL

a.AnupamShrivastva

b.P.N.Bhagwat

c.H.S.Brahma

d.J.N.Dixit

7)PRABHU NATH
DWIVEDI BAGGED SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD FOR SANSKRIT

ØNoted Sanskrit scholar PrabhuNathDwivedi
was named as winner of the Sahitya Akademi award, 2014

ØHe has been hounded for his work ‘Kanakalochanaha’ , a collection of 16 short stories based on
various social issues

ØSahitya Akademi award is conferred every year on writers who
have shown outstanding works in one of the twenty
four major India languages

EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.Who has won Sahitya Akademi Award,2014:

a.PrabhuNathDwivedi

b.Gurbaksh Singh

c.K.K.Goyanka

d.S.S.Pangeriya

8)BHAKTI
SHARMA SETS WORLD RECORD IN ANTARCTIC OCEAN BY SWIMMING 1.4 MILES IN 52 MINUTES

ØIndian open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma set a record
in swimming.

ØShe made this record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes
in one degree temperature in the Antarctic Ocean.

ØShe became the first
Asian and youngest women in the world to achieve this